Summary of James Patterson & Benjamin Wallace's The Defense Lawyer

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#1 In 1984, four Black teenage boys were sitting in a subway car in Manhattan, talking and laughing loudly. They were the only people in the north end of the car. The other passengers kept their distance from what was happening at the end of the car.

#2 Barry Slotnick, who was a criminal defense lawyer, took a vacation to the Caribbean with his family. He was always tanning, and he loved how his family spent time together. He eventually suggested that his wife, Donna, try something different with her law career.

#3 When the subway conductor, Armando Soler, went to check on the passengers, he found four Black teenagers who had been shot. The white man on the bench had said they’d tried to rob him.

#4 The shooting generated a flood of calls to the newsroom, and the police anti-vigilante task force was formed. They were looking for Bernhard Goetz, who was suspected of being the shooter. But the witnesses said he wasn’t the man they’d seen shoot the four kids.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669381020

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In 1984, four Black teenage boys were sitting in a subway car in Manhattan, talking and laughing loudly. They were the only people in the north end of the car. The other passengers kept their distance from what was happening at the end of the car.

#2

Barry Slotnick, who was a criminal defense lawyer, took a vacation to the Caribbean with his family. He was always tanning, and he loved how his family spent time together. He eventually suggested that his wife, Donna, try something different with her law career.

#3

When the subway conductor, Armando Soler, went to check on the passengers, he found four Black teenagers who had been shot. The white man on the bench had said they’d tried to rob him.

#4

The shooting generated a flood of calls to the newsroom, and the police anti-vigilante task force was formed. They were looking for Bernhard Goetz, who was suspected of being the shooter. But the witnesses said he wasn’t the man they’d seen shoot the four kids.

#5

On Christmas Eve, Goetz checked into the Mount Sunapee Motel in Sunapee, New Hampshire. He drove around with no particular destination in mind. On New Year’s Eve, he walked into the police headquarters in Concord, New Hampshire, and said, I am the person they are seeking in New York.

#6

Driving to his office, Barry Slotnick thought about the case he was on his way to discuss. He felt most comfortable while working. He wasn’t sure about the facts of this matter, but he trusted John Miller.

#7

When he met with the man who had asked for his money, Slotnick hit him in the face, making him flee. He was late meeting his wife and child, who were waiting for him at the Christmas tree.

#8

When they first married, Barry and Donna lived in his bachelor apartment on the Upper West Side. But when they